About
Mannix Aklian is a commercial executive, entrepreneur, and advisor who has spent over 25 years at the intersection of life sciences, AI, and enterprise technology, with an end-to-end perspective that spans the lab bench, the product roadmap, and the boardroom.
He is the former Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing at Schrödinger, Inc., a leader in AI-driven computational drug discovery, where he oversaw global account management and go-to-market strategy for the company's physics-based computational platform. Prior, he served as the SVP Global Commercial Software leader at Certara (Nasdaq: CERT) responsible for >$250M in annual revenue.
He holds a B.S. in Molecular Biology and M.S. degrees in Biotechnology, Neurobiology, and Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, via the consortium at MIT and Harvard. He received his CSSP at Northeastern University and is a graduate of The Peddie School.
Writing: What 20+ Years of Commercializing Scientific Software Taught Me About Go-to-Market (Medium)
Where I can help
Scaling software businesses
Go-to-market strategy, global sales organizations, and commercial operations for AI, scientific, and enterprise software.
Advisory & board work
Guidance for founders and leadership teams commercializing technology in life sciences and adjacent markets.
Founder perspective
Practical, operator-level experience building companies from first product to full platform operations.
Contact
For advisory, board, speaking, or commercial leadership conversations, the best way to reach me is LinkedIn.